Nothing found after bomb threat called in to Pelham school

Police and firefighters searched Pelham Elementary School on Thursday after a bomb threat was called in, but nothing suspicious was found, police said.

School officials said they received a call that there was a bomb in the school at about 8:07 a.m., police said. The staff and a small group of early-care students had been evacuated to the middle school gym by the time first-responders arrived, and students who arrived later were directed to the middle school.

As a precaution, students at the middle school and high school were told to shelter in place, police said.

Police, firefighters and school staff searched the inside and outside of the building but didn't find anything unusual, police said. Students were then allowed back in their classrooms.

Police said they are following several leads as they investigate the source of the phone call.

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